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Distribution of wealth, slavery, and involuntary servitude

| March 31, 2016 1:45 PM

While most people are well aware of the enslavement Africans brought to the New World colonies, people aren’t educated as to the involuntary servitude of people from Ireland, England, and Europe. It isn’t difficult to search the Internet with keywords “Indentured servitude immigration to the United States.” It’s estimated that more slaves and indentured servants came from Europe than from Africa.

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